#ariadnespyns

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you’re right to hate them. i can’t endorse purebred pugs at aaaallll tbfh. when you view a dog in profile, the front of its face should not be a cliff drop, and the commonly fawned over pug trait of snorting and snoring is a sign of a dog that’ll spend its whole life gasping for breath. also i don’t know if it’s from their breeding, but pugs are notoriously bad for nail trims dlfkhDSLKHG

A loud buzzing shocked Tony out of sleep and he blinked around in the dark for a moment before he realized it was his phone ringing. There were only three numbers programmed to override his do not disturb.

"Shit." He fumbled for the phone, yanking it off the charger, and swiped it open, heart pounding. "Hello?"

"Hey, baby! Happy birthday!"

"Bucky?" Tony sat up and rubbed his eyes. He glanced at the clock. It was three in the morning. "What's wrong?"

"What?"

"What?"

"I called to wish you happy birthday."

"It's three in the morning."

"Oh god. Really? Did I do the wrong timezone? Fuck. Two flights in three days has me so messed up. I'm so sorry. I thought it was midnight in New York."

Tony could help but laugh. "He is brilliant, gorgeous, charming, and a tiger in the sack, but never let it be said Bucky Barnes is good with math."

Bucky groaned. "I'm so sorry, baby. Go back to sleep? I'll call you in like… six hours and try again."

"Not a chance." Tony snuggled down under the covers. "I've got you on the phone now, I'm not letting you go. All I want for my birthday is you telling me all about your super boring meetings."

"Tony…"

"Hey! It's my birthday - it's been my birthday for three hours now - and I make the rules. Get talking, hot stuff."

Bucky laughed and it was like warm tea settling in Tony's stomach. He turned his face to grin into the pillow. "Alright," Bucky said. "Anything for you. Happy Birthday."

You may want to have “dump a bunch of dry food out for the cats” as an additional tripwire since your contact person may be denied access to your home or become ill themselves. (Hopefully not but then hopefully you won’t get sick at all and so none of it is an issue.)

Oh yeah -- they rarely have an empty food bowl, since their bowl holds so much and they aren’t food-driven, so I wasn’t overly concerned (my contact person actually lives in my building and has a spare set of keys, so it’s not a HUGE concern but just in case, yanno). But if you have pets it’s definitely a good idea to put a feeding contingency in place. 

ariadnespyns replied to your post “Sorry I missed stream last night guys! I honestly lay down on the bed...”

I feel you. I'm 'essential personnel' at a hospital, but I got turned away at the door yesterday and put on a 3 day quarantine when I told them I had a sore throat. Now I don't know if this sore throat that comes and goes is something normal, or covid. Did I do the right thing, since now my coworkers have to cover my shifts? What do I do if it's not better in 3 days? My area doesn't have tests to spare, I dont have PTO to spare, and people can't just cover for me forever

You did the right thing. Normally I feel like people think there’s some wiggle room to this, since we’re all HEAVILY conditioned to ignore sickness and “work through it”, but this bullshit is so contagious and so new that we have to dodge that conditioning and realize that if we feel sick, regardless, we have to isolate for now. Especially working at a hospital where most people there already have some level of immuno-compromise. Yeah, your coworkers have to cover your shifts, but that’s now the worst-case scenario -- the worst that happens if you stay home is others have to cover you, whereas the worst that happens if you go in is that you are sick, you infect others, and people die. 

I don’t say this to scold you, I say this to praise you -- you were honest and you did the right thing, and if it’s not better in three days then you DEFINTIELY did the right thing. 

ah,,, i must... choose a favorite...

i! um!! all of them? many of them. most of them??? anything where a character goes off the shits is SO FUN to sing along to, so like, ‘sleeping beauty’, ‘gunpowder tim vs the moon kaiser’, ‘red signal’, ‘peacemaker’, ‘no happy ending’... but then there are some rly rly pretty bits....... ‘actaea and lyssa’, ‘frankenstein’ (especially the ai!), ‘stranger’, ‘swan song’, ‘sigyn’... the caterpillar’s bits in ‘alice’ are just Good for singing... ‘hereward the wake’? he fought a BEAR!

Who drunk? Oh, you. What drunk? Why drunk? 

Drunk cause wanted cause tired. why this ask mak eme thikn of labyrinth and jereth “you remind me of the babe?”

ariadnespyns replied to your post “I am mildly to moderately drunk. On a Tuesday. The day for which there...”

What is your favorite thing that we might not know about?

think about me or thieng in general ((holy hsit mi tyiping a mess but too tired/schonckered to hare) i guess favorite thing about mysel fis my writing/translationwork. it a thing that made me happy. have no time to write or translate right now and is bummer. favorite thing in general? harry and david chocalte truffles? so good. so expensive. WAIT!!!! No. the baer claw i had at the coffee shop the other day. best. fucking. fastry. ever.

lightshadowverisimilitude replied to your post “I am mildly to moderately drunk. On a Tuesday. The day for which there...”

Ok, ok. Tell me the single most amazing thing you have ever seen happen in a movie or TV show.

mmmmmm reality or like...scripted? all competence porn basically make me happy. blowing galss. good cooks. bakers. artist people. like those vids awhere people paint upside down? or that guy how does the toothpaste mirror art? mindblowing. scripted, though, maybe the lighting of the beacons of gondor? there’s something about thae music and scneery and then aragorn do the runny and then horse dudes answer. or like, maybe that scene where denethor do the eating and pip do the singing and everybody dies? but like, that’s sad.

lightshadowverisimilitude replied to your post “I am mildly to moderately drunk. On a Tuesday. The day for which there...”

And the one thing you were THE MOST EXCITED ABOUT but no one else in the room understood.

(Thank you! Sorry for the wait!)

Merlin stared at the toppled over tower incredulously, andEggsy almost felt bad for him. But then he remembered that Merlin hadn’t had todo one single action yet that evening and all of Eggsy’s pity went out thewindow.

Roxy reclined in her seat and grinned deviously at Merlin. “Well,how the mighty fall.”

“Just get on with it lass,” Merlin grumbled, flicking anearby block.

“What was the one you selected?” Roxy asked, circling herfinger over the pile of jenga pieces. Eggsy tried to hide his grin, but it washard when Merlin’s expression soured further into a pout. “Oh yes, now Iremember.”

Roxy picked up the correct piece and held it out to Merlin. “Actout a sex position. I do believe you’ll need some help with this one. Harry,Eggsy, do you mind? I think the spit roast would be appropriate, with you asthe roast Merlin.”

Merlin’s ears pinked, but he set his jaw in determination.Eggsy bit his bottom lip to restrain a cackle and moved into position. Harrygave a long suffering sigh, but the smile twitching at his lips told Eggsy hewas equally amused.

Merlin, still grumbling got on his hands and knees betweenthem. Eggsy took the front while Harry grabbed Merlin’s hips and slottedhimself against his supple rear. Eggsy leaned forward, his crotch hovering infront of his face.

“Oh come on now, get into it,” Roxy said, crossing her legsat the knee. “You look like a dead fish instead of a roast.”

“Haven’t been on this end before,” Eggsy muses, running hishand along the dome of Merlin’s head and cupping the back of it. “Kinda of likeit.”

“This isn’t a bad position either,” Merlin said. He leanedforward, mouth sealing over Eggsy’s trousers. Eggsy jumped, the press of Merlin’stongue against his bulge sending a shot of electricity through his stomach.

Harry shook his head and rocked forward, imitating a thrust.He must have bumped against Merlin’s arse, because Merlin rocked forward andmoaned lecherously.

Eggsy’s mouth went dry. Wasn’t Merlin the one supposed to bemessed with?

Roxy blinked, her own mouth going slack jawed as shewatched. She reached for her drink and took a long gulp. “Well… that’s… that’svery nice. Good job.”

Merlin moved to get up, but Harry squeezed his hips and gaveanother hard grind, causing Merlin to crumple to the ground with a moan.

“Did you think you could really flip the table on us, dear?”Harry teased, finally letting Merlin go.

Oh hey, I've got the same helmet it's great! *firstbump*

I like it a lot. I didn’t know it had a little size-adjusting wheelydo and I love that, it’s fun to tighten it on my head :D 

annechen-melo replied to your post “Sam, have you ever actually gone out in public in your Mysterious...”

You know, if it weren't for the steampunk goggles being iconic to The Fistbump mysteriousness, I'd suggest the wraparound sunglasses that fit over glasses for summer.

It’s not a bad idea! The Fistbump changes with the seasons after all. 

ariadnespyns replied to your photo “I got a new bike helmet which actually has a clip to hold a set of...”

Does every City have a flag, or only Chicago? I have seen the flag of Chicago many times, despite not living all that close, but never one for another city

Many cities do, but few are as beloved or iconic as Chicago. There’s a great TEDtalk on flags by Roman Mars that goes into why so many city flags aren’t very popular. 

mymyriadmusings replied to your photo “I got a new bike helmet which actually has a clip to hold a set of...”

Where did you get those goggles?

theonceandfuturecatlady replied to your photo “I got a new bike helmet which actually has a clip to hold a set of...”

@copperbadge I need to know where you got those goggles. For reasons.